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BREBOH LOADING PIRE ARM.

No. 340,002. Patented Apr. 13, 1886.

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BBBEGH LOADING FIRE ARM.

No. 340,002. Patented Apr. 13, 1886.

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JACQUES PHILIPPE IllflR'l, OF PRlS, FRANCE.

BREECH-LOADING FIRE-ARM.

SPBCIFICATION forming part el' Letters Patent No. 340.002, dated April13, 1886.

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Be it known that I, .Intronics VlntLlrrn lIIsRI, a citizen ol' theRepublic of France, residing at Paris, France, have invented new anduseful Improvements in the Actions of DropBlock BreechLoading Fire-Arms,(for which I have obtained patents in France No. 162,700, bearing dateJune 12, 1884; in Spain No. 4,352, July 8, 1884; in Great Britain No.11,278, bearing date August 14, 1884, and in Belgium No. 67,613, bearingdate January 22, 1885,) of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain combinations, positions, andoperations ol' details ol' the actions of drop'block breech loadingllirearms, whereby a more efficient manipulation of' the opening, theextraction of the empty cartridgecases, the loading, and the closing areeffected.

The invention is intended to overcome the many inconveniences that areknown to exist in the system Martincg and it consists in the novelconstruction and combination of' devices hereinafter described andclaimed.

My invention will be clearly understood by the annexed drawings, inwhich Figurel shows the breech portion of a small-arm with theopening'lever thrown down and the nose of the block on the tail of theextractor,which it has struck with sulcient force to Withdraw and ejectthe empty cartridge-case. Fig. 2 shows the breech-action in the sameposition as at Fig. 1, but with the nose of the block caught under theshoulder formed in the neck of the extractor, to prevent the blockrising` until the ilange of the cartridge has been pushed home, whichmotion pushes the extractor into its recess and releases the nose of theblock, which rises simultaneously under the automatic closing action ofthe lever by the mainspring, the arm being then ready for tiring, asshown at Fig. 3. In the sectional view, Fig. 4, a plate under the stockis pushed into the path of the opening-lever, the trigger being solocked by contact with the body of the lever as to prevent accidentaldischarge. Figs. 5 and 6 show the same invention slightly modified tosuit a magazinerifle, a fresh cartridge being partially drawn out of themaga zine simultaneously with the extraction and ejection of the emptycartridgecase.

Serial No. lsli. (No modcLl Patented in France June l2, 1F84. No.102.7()0; in Spain July 8,

[,QTH, am! in Belgium Januar-5 2;', 19H5, No. F1613.

For the purpose of my invention I form a step or shoulder, A, on theneck B of the extractor, so that when the lever C is thrown down in aforward direction the breech-block l) is pulled down. This allows thespring H to throw the head B of the extractor outward, which motionremoves the empty cartridgecase partially fr om the barrel F. The end ofthe block then forcibly strikes against the tailpiece E ofthe extractorand rapidly ejects the empty cartridge-case clear of the gun. The springG is put into tension by this movement and the hammer l cocked, the noseJ ot' the searK cngagingiu the notch L underthe action of its spring M,as shown at Fig. 1 of' the aunexed drawings. On the release of the leverC, the spring G causes the lever to partially return andthe front end,N, ot' the block D to rise until it abats against the shoulder or step Aofthe extractor, by which the block is held, as seen at Fig. 2 of thedrawings. A fresh cartridge is then slid along the breech-block l), andas it enters the barrel F the flange I presses against the extractor B,and the force exerted to insert the cartridge into the barrel F pushesthe extractor home. This releases the block D from the notch A, and thespring G compels the lever C to return to its normal position and theblock D at the same instant to be closed by the head B of the lever Criding against the curve S by the rebound of the spring G. The movementsthus eiected have no influence on the hammer I or sear K, the springs Tand M still keeping them in the tiring position, ready for the trigger Uto be pulled back for discharging the gun, as shown at Fig. 3 of thedrawings.

When the hammer I is forced up to fullcock, its head V rubs againstaspring, W, and causes a button, X, to be exposed above the level of thestock Y, to indicate that the harnmer is cooked.

To enable the gun to be set at safety, I t a sliding bolt, a, to theunder side of the stock Y, so that when the bolt is pushed forward, asat Fig. 4, it prevents the leverCgoing close to the stock. This actioncauses a projection, b, on the cheek c ofthe lever C to come opposite anose piece or wing, d, formed at the back of the trigger U, as at Fig.4.

IThe sliding bolt a is governed by a spring,

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e, which holds the bolt a at the forward or at the backward position.

Figs. 5 and 6 represent a repeater or magazine-gun furnished with mybefore-mentioned improvements, and with asupply of cartridges in a lowerbarrel or tube, f, from which, by the extractor B, the cartridges g insuccession are withdrawn at each opening ofthe breech block D, saidblock D havinga greater travel downward within the box h, so that theextractor not only withdraws and ejects an empty cartridge-case, butremoves a full cartridge from the magazine f sufficiently far to enableit to be caught hold of and withdrawn by thethnmb of the person usingthe gun, and be then lifted and inserted into the barrel F, as beforeeX- plained, the spring G at this instant returning the block D andlever C to the iirst position.

Having fully described my invention, what Idesire to claim and secure byLetters Patent 1S- 1. The combination of block D, lever C, engaged withsaid block, hammer I, spring G, beneath hl'ock D, engaged with the lowerfront portion oi' said hammer and bearing against the front of lever C,trigger U, and the Sear K, formed with nose J, to engage with thehammer, spring M, engaging with the sear, pivoted extractor B, formedwith shoulder A and tail E, for the block D to engage with, and spring Hunder extractor B, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the trigger U, having the nosr-piece d at itsrear, and the pivoted lever C, connected with the breech-block to moveit downward when the lever is swung away from the gun-stock, said leverhaving its cheek-piece c provided with the projection b, and the slidingbolt a on the stock to slide between the stock and the free end of thelever and prevent said free end of the lever coming against the stock,thereby bringing the nosepiece and projection in engagement to set thegun at safety, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the extractor B, formed with shoulder A and tailE, block D, to strike against tail E and engage with shonl der A, leverC, engaged with block to move the same, and provided with nose b,trigger U, provided with projection d, to engage with y nose b, hammerI, and springs G, H, and M, substantially as described.

4. The combination of pivoted block D, lever C, engaging with saidblock, hammer I, spring G, forward of said lever and hammer and bearingagainst both of said parts, trig ger U and its scar K, to engage withthe hammer, and the spring w, provided with button m, and located at thetop ot' the stock, back of the hammer, and engaging, as described, withthe hammer to be projected by the latter, substantially as and for thepurposes described.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

JACQUES PHILIPPE PIERI.

XVitnesses:

HENRY GARDNER, RICHARD GORE GARDNER, Both 0f 166 Fleet Street, London,England.

